Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [conj] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | His speech of 1 November 1962 made references to ’ some differences ' between the two governments , but it was asserted that ‘ Nothing shall come between the Soviet Union and Cuba ’ , and the emphasis was on the Soviet arms which had not been withdrawn rather than on the missiles which had ( Cuba Socialista , no. 16 , Dec. 1962 , pp. 28–30 , in Clissold : 1970 , p. 276 ) . |
| 2 | The integration over involves only and on the assumption of overall fibre symmetry ( a case common in polymers in the fibrous form ; but not , of course , necessarily so in the sheet or bulk forms ) we can assume that is a function of only and integrate over — and also over . |
| 3 | ‘ Though the mechanics of it are so arranged so that on every odd hour the water plays and the fountain dances in snatches of classical music . ’ |
| 4 | By contrast , the British Constitution is admired by Britons for reflecting the wisdom of past generations , as the product of experience — in short , a constitution that stipulates what should be on the basis of what has proved to work rather than on abstract first principles . |
| 5 | Contributions to the pension are targeted so that on retirement the tax-free cash sum , 25% of the fund value , is sufficient to repay the mortgage . |
| 6 | Quite recently Sergt.-Pilot Dunbell [ sic ] Smith visited Halfway while on leave . |
| 7 | Meanwhile , Smith continued to pull away and on present form will not even need to sail a match-race final to be selected for Barcelona . |
| 8 | Th the reality is that elsewhere in West Sussex erm the business allocations are erm reasonably generous or indeed slightly over generous and er therefore er overall the concern i is very much reduced erm but it might also be just worth mentioning that erm although er there is clearly an opportunity for this committee , this planning authority , the strategic planning authority to , to question figures of this nature and to challenge local plans if they are significantly adrift erm that has to be done in the context of the the local plan enquiry by er in the form of an objection almost and past experience has been that the inspectors and the Secretary of State have allowed a certain amount of leeway depending on the erm proportional er deviation from erm th the figures that were in the structure plan and depending on what is happening elsewhere and on the state of the economy and whilst it would be something which erm it was possible to prepare a case for erm i it is o on , on the balance of erm er the various things that are , that are taking place in West Sussex that the recommendation i is , is put to you that and it seems to be the reasonable course of action , particularly bearing in mind the downturn in , in er erm the er business activity and the er amount of developments taking place . |
| 9 | One danger is that prospective purchasers get carried away and on occasion acquire land on impulse without fully investigating factors which may influence the financial success of the proposed development . |
| 10 | The speculator lives dangerously and on his wits . |
| 11 | Provide periodically and on demand out-turn figures CSO |
| 12 | Do n't you agree that you never know what you are going to find there but on the other hand if you ignore the expiry date and crunch it all up with a lot of jam , or even a lot of Nivea , it all goes down the red lane and things start to brighten up ? |
| 13 | Our theory — if we are in the business of expounding a theory on the subject of pub design — is that each pub must be treated individually and on its own merits . |
| 14 | Lenders are looking to the level of profits now seen rather than on the prospect of ‘ jam tomorrow ’ . |
| 15 | These can provide the necessary support more cost effectively and on a ‘ when needed ’ basis . |
| 16 | Any additional support or special tuition that a pupil needs as a result of defective sight must be given tactfully by the teacher or teacher 's aid , with an emphasis on what the pupil can do rather than on difficulties . |
| 17 | the end of the last straw you see , so I went in the Co-Op and I felt really , really fed up , I said I oh I said I could cry I said because I 've tried so hard I said not for lending you money I said , I 'm not meant to have any sodding luck so got a couple of bits and I really could n't get me act together and on the Tuesday dad 's gone in hospital with that fit , so I was thinking of him a lot and I thought I do n't know dad , you know I 'm sure , I 'm sure that he were n't gon na come out when he went in there , I thought they were gon na bloody find something with you boy and that would be it , so I come home here and I ai n't done no work , so I started off for work , both sitting here bloody bawling cos this house looked like shit , spoke to me sister on the phone and er I felt a bit better so I thought oh I 'd start doing the tree , so I pulled it all to bits in here , got the polish and duster out , put all the bread and everything for Alan 's sandwiches , it 'd be about oh , about half past twelve and the bloody phone went it was mum , she said Lyn do you think you can come up to the hospital with me , cos I 've got no transport and so I said what 's up then mum ? |
| 18 | Apart from his regrettable affliction he was in every way the opposite to herself ; a great thick-headed , rumbustious extrovert totally out of place in her gracious menage : I never did find out how they came together but on my visits I found that Cedric had one admirer at least . |
| 19 | He understood far better than Mao that socialism had to be built gradually and on the basis of ‘ capitalist production ’ . |
| 20 | They had met once while on holiday , and not only was Dustin Hoffman a great fan of Sting , but he had written a song which they performed together . |
| 21 | In the early part of 1991 , before all this occurred , I went through a period of time when my find rate dropped drastically and on many occasions I went out and came back home with nothing at all . |
| 22 | With Solaris-on-Intel still unannounced and SunSoft starting to push Interactive Unix ( see opposite ) , Snoopy could appear there or on Solaris 1.0 or 2.0-on-Sparc first . |
| 23 | I do n't mind living upstairs or on the ground . |
| 24 | The sum depends on the type of operation and whether it is done privately or on the NHS . |
| 25 | brought the downfall of the Asante nation and for this reason they had to bury their money underground so that more money was hidden underground than on the earth . |
| 26 | He noticed that Minton often talked despairingly and on several occasions involved himself and Vaughan in discussions of suicide . |
| 27 | There were few strikes and in Parliament Labour 's opposition was usually focused more on the ‘ giveaway ’ price at which shares were sold rather than on the principle of privatization . |
| 28 | Both here and abroad , most research on child care has focused on the service offered rather than on its consequences for individual children ( see Hudson and Galaway , 1989 ) . |
| 29 | That , says McKinsey , is because they spend money where it is needed rather than on grand castles in the air . |
| 30 | A porthole was opened amidships and on a plank lay the small body . |